lipu musi - Toki Pona Playing Cards

About

lipu musi (literally "entertainment paper") is a set of 72 cards, all based on the conlang Toki Pona. The images on the cards are a writing system for the language known as "Sitelen Pona". These cards can be used to play any existing 52-card game (i.e. Poker, Rummy, Blackjack, War), but can also be used for a variety of new toki pona games! It is my goal that people can use these cards as a creative outlet to invent their own card games.

Games

These cards can be used to play any existing card game that uses a 52-card deck. I suggest removing all symbol cards, except for the highest one, when doing so, although any ordering can work. The order/corresponding cards could then be as follows:

• Ace | wan

• 2 | tu

• 3 | tu wan

• 4 | tu tu

• 5 | luka

• 6 | pipi (bug)

• 7 | kala (fish)

• 8 | akesi (reptile)

• 9 | waso (bird)

• 10 | soweli (mammal)

• J | kijetesantakalu (racoon)

• Q | wawa (strong)

• K | ala

Attached is a Google Document containing a list of game rules specifically made for these cards, entirely written in Toki Pona. musi pi lipu musi

What is Toki Pona?

Created by linguist Sonja Lang, Toki Pona is a philosophical artistic conlang known for its small vocabulary, simplicity, and ease of acquisition. see https://tokipona.org